1. About The Prizes Honors given for both existing work and the promise of future achievement. Lists background behind and recipients of these awards. http://elib.zib.de/IMU/medals/

Fields Medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes Fields Medal At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM, two gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement. Professor J. C. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was Secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor. Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each Congress. For more details about the origins of the Fields Medal we recommend the article: Henry S. Tropp, " The Origins and History of the Fields Medal ", Historia Mathematica 3 (1976) 167-181. The following text by Eberhard Knobloch describes the design of the medal: The Fields Medal Obverse: The head represents Archimedes facing right.

2. About The Prizes www.mathunion.org/ICM/medals/ fields medal from MathWorldfields medal. Portions of this entry contributed by Michel Barran. The first fields medal was awarded in 1936 at the World Congress in Oslo. http://www.mathunion.org/medals/

Fields Medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes Fields Medal At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM, two gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement. Professor J. C. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was Secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor. Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each Congress. For more details about the origins of the Fields Medal we recommend the article: Henry S. Tropp, " The Origins and History of the Fields Medal ", Historia Mathematica 3 (1976) 167-181. The following text by Eberhard Knobloch describes the design of the medal: The Fields Medal Obverse: The head represents Archimedes facing right.

3. Fields Medal Winners artArts and Entertainment—Awards—Science and Other Awards fields medal Winners. Related content from HighBeam Research on fields medal Winners. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Arts and Entertainment Awards Science and Other Awards Fields Medal Winners The Fields Medal has been awarded quadrennially since 1936 by the International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto to recognize outstanding mathematics achievement. Lars Valerian Ahlfors (Harvard University) and Jesse Douglas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Fields Medals were not awarded during World War II) Laurent Schwarts (University of Nancy) and Atle Selberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Kunihiko Kodaira (Princeton University) and Jean-Pierre Serre (University of Paris) Michael Francis Atiyah (Oxford University), Paul Joseph Cohen (Stanford University), Alexander Grothendieck (University of Paris), and Stephen Smale (University of California, Berkeley) Alan Baker (Cambridge University), Heisuke Hironaka (Harvard University), Serge P. Novikov (Moscow University), and John Griggs Thompson (Cambridge University)

4. Fields Medal fields medal. John Charles Fields ( 18631932) was a Canadian mathematician, educated in Toronto, Paris, and his will, and the first fields medal was awarded at the International http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/FieldsMedal.html

Fields Medal John Charles Fields (1863-1932) was a Canadian mathematician, educated in Toronto, Paris, and Berlin. He spent the bulk of his academic career at The University of Toronto (with a brief stint at Johns Hopkins University). Fields did original research in the theory of algebraic functions that was influenced by his reknowned mentors, Fuchs, Schwarz, Frobenius and Plank. However, he was better known as an administrator/organizer and is remembered, primarily, for establishing a mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prizes. Fields, in large part, was responsible for putting together the 1924 meeting of the International Congress of Mathematics in Toronto. Against Fields' wishes, German mathematicians were "black-balled" from participating in this conference. Fields was so troubled by this politicizing of mathematics that he proposed the institution of an award for mathematical achievement and promise that would emphasize the international character of the mathematical endeavor. He endowed such an award in his will, and the first Fields Medal was awarded at the International Congress of Mathematics meetings in Oslo in 1936. Traditionally, Fields Medals have gone to young mathematicians under the age of 40. The intent of the awards is to applaud the exceptional scope and quality of the recipients' work and to assist them in conducting further research.

5. Sci.math FAQ: Fields' Medals scimath-faq/fields Last-modified December 8, 1994 Version 6.2 fields medal _ * Historical http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci-math-faq/fields/

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6. Fields Medal The fields medal. John Charles Fields Will established the fields medal, which has played the role of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~mm97106/math/fieldsm.htm

The Fields Medal John Charles Fields Will established the Fields Medal, which has played the role of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. The International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1932 adopted his proposal, and the Fields Medal was first awarded at the next congress, held at Oslo in 1936. Fields Medals were not awarded during World War II so the second Fields Medals were not awarded until 1950. Fields wished that the awards should recognize both existing mathematical work and also the promise of future achievement. To fit with these wishes Fields Medals may only be awarded to mathematicans under the age of 40. The winners of the medals are given below. 1936 Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907-1996) Finland 1936 Jesse Douglas (1897-1965) USA 1950 Laurent Schwartz (1915) France 1950 Atle Selberg (1917) Norway 1954 Kunihiko Kodaira (1915-1997) Japan 1954 Jean-Pierre Serre (1926) France 1958 Klaus Friedrich Roth (1925) England 1958 Reni Thom (1923) France 1962 Lars Hvrmander (1931) Sweden 1962 John Willard Milnor (1931) USA 1966 Michael Francis Atiyah (1929) England 1966 Paul Joseph Cohen (1934) USA 1966 Alexander Grothendieck (1928) Germany 1966 Stephen Smale (1930) USA 1970 Alen Baker (1939) England 1970 Heisuke Hironaka (1931) Japan 1970 Sergi Petrovich Novikov (1938) Russia 1970 John Griggs Thompson (1932) USA 1974 Enrico Bombieri (1946) Italy 1974 David Bryant Mumford (1937) England 1978 Pierre Reni Deligne (1944) Belgium 1978 Charles Louis Fefferman (1949) USA

7. Fields Medal The fields medal. John McMullen. Other Web sites More details of the fields medals are available at Berlin, Germany and at Waterloo, Canada. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/FieldsMedal.html

8. Fields Medal The fields medal. John Charles Fields' Will established the fields medal, which has played the role of the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/FieldsMedal.html

9. Fields Notice that they were named fields medals despite his wish in the fields medal Letter that they should not bear anyone s name. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fields.html

10. Prof. W.T. Gowers, FRS Analysis, combinatorics, number theory. fields medal 1998. http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/site2002/People/gowers_wt.html

Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics DPMMS People Prof. W.T. Gowers, FRS Prof. W.T. Gowers, FRS Title: Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics College: Trinity College Room: C2.04 Tel: +44 1223 337973 Personal Home Page Research Interests: Analysis, combinatorics Information provided by webmaster@dpmms.cam.ac.uk

11. Fields Medal From MathWorld fields medal from MathWorld The fields medals are commonly regarded as mathematics' closest analog to the Nobel Prize (which does not exist in mathematics), and are awarded every four years by http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FieldsMedal.html&a

12. About The Prizes fields medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes. fields medal. The following text by Eberhard Knobloch describes the design of the medal The fields medal. Obverse http://www.emis.math.ca/EMIS/mirror/IMU/medals/

Fields Medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes Fields Medal At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM, two gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement. Professor J. C. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was Secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor. Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each Congress. For more details about the origins of the Fields Medal we recommend the article: Henry S. Tropp, " The Origins and History of the Fields Medal ", Historia Mathematica 3 (1976) 167-181. The following text by Eberhard Knobloch describes the design of the medal: The Fields Medal Obverse: The head represents Archimedes facing right.

13. Prof. A. Baker, FRS University of Cambridge. Number theory, transcendence, logarithmic forms, effective methods, Diophantine geometry, Diophantine analysis. fields medal, FRS. http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/site2002/People/baker_a.html

Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics DPMMS People Prof. A. Baker, FRS Prof. A. Baker, FRS Title: Professor of Pure Mathematics College: Trinity College Room: C2.08 Tel: +44 1223 337974 Personal Home Page Research Interests: Baker's Theorem on the linear independence of logarithms of algebraic numbers has been the key to a vast range of developments in number theory over the past thirty years. Amongst the most significant are applications to the effective solution of Diophantine equations, to the resolution of class-number problems, to the theory of p-adic L-functions and especially, through works of Masser and Wüstholz, to many deep aspects of arithmetical algebraic geometry. The theory continues to be a source of much fruitful research to the present day. Information provided by webmaster@dpmms.cam.ac.uk

14. Fields Medals And Nevanlinna Prize 1986 fields medals and Nevanlinna Prize 1986. fields medals. Simon K. DONALDSON. born August 20, 1957, Cambridge, England Oxford University. http://www.emis.math.ca/EMIS/mirror/IMU/medals/1986/

Fields Medals and Nevanlinna Prize 1986 Fields Medals Simon K. DONALDSON born August 20, 1957, Cambridge, England Oxford University Received medal primarily for his work on topology of four-manifolds, especially for showing that there is a differential structure on euclidian four-space which is different from the usual structure. Gerd FALTINGS born July 28, 1954, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany Princeton University Using methods of arithmetic algebraic geometry, he received medal primarily for his proof of the Mordell Conjecture. Michael H. FREEDMAN born April 21, 1951, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego Nevanlinna Prize Leslie VALIANT ``Valiant has contributed in a decisive way to the growth of almost every branch of the fast growing young tree of theoretical computer science, his theory of counting problems being perhaps his most important and mature work'' Volker Strassen This document has been reproduced from Albers, Donald J.; Alexanderson, G. L.; Reid, Constance: International mathematical congresses. An illustrated history 1893 - 1986 Rev. ed. including ICM 1986. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986

15. Prize The fields medal and Nevanlinna Prize to be awarded at the ICM 2002. Lists previous winners. http://www.icm2002.org.cn/general/prize.htm

What's ICM2002? ICM History What's IMU? ICM Prize About CMS Mathematics In China Mathematics Institutes in Beijing Acknowledgment Fields Medal / Nevanlinna Prize In physics or literature there is the Nobel Prize, and in mathematics there is the " Fields Medal ". This highest scientific award for mathematicians will be presented at the Opening Ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Beijing 2002. The International Mathematical Union will also award the Nevanlinna Prize for outstanding work in the fields of theoretical computer science at the same time.

16. About The Prizes fields medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes. fields medal. At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM http://rattler.cameron.edu/EMIS/mirror/IMU/medals

Fields Medal and Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes Fields Medal At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM, two gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement. Professor J. C. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was Secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor. Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each Congress. For more details about the origins of the Fields Medal we recommend the article: Henry S. Tropp, " The Origins and History of the Fields Medal ", Historia Mathematica 3 (1976) 167-181. The following text by Eberhard Knobloch describes the design of the medal: The Fields Medal Obverse: The head represents Archimedes facing right.

17. Fields Institute - The Fields Medal The fields medal. fields medalists. A list of all fields medal winners (with a short description of their work) can be found here. An http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus/jcfields/fields_medal.html

ABOUT US June 6, 2004 Home About Us Overview Scientific Advisory Panel ... Search The Fields Medal John Charles Fields Mittag-Leffler and Nobel About Us Index The history of the Fields Medal begins in the Committee of the International Congress set up by the University of Toronto in November of 1923, with the purpose of organizing the 1924 Congress to be held in Toronto. Fields was its chairman, and his colleague J.L.Synge the secretary. Although Fields probably conceived of the medal at some earlier time, the first recorded mention of it is in the minutes of a meeting of that committee on February 24, 1931 where it is “resolved that the sum of $2,500 should be set apart for two medals to be awarded in connection with successive International Mathematical Congresses through an international committee appointed for such purpose initially by the executive of the International Mathematical Congress, but later by the International Mathematical Union”. The $2,500 was evidently the balance on hand after all expenses of the 1924 Congress had been met. Of course, in spite of Fields’s intentions, the medal became known as the Fields Medal when it was awarded for the first time in Oslo in 1936. It is interesting to note that, at the same meeting, it was decided that “the Chairman should see the Prime Minister of Canada to arrange if possible how permanence of capital and of interest of the fund might be assured”. Such an arrangement was apparently never made, and the monetary value of the Fields Prize is presently $15,000Can (about $9500US), hardly commensurate with its stature as the “Nobel Prize in Mathematics”.

18. Fields Medal Prize For more details about the origins of the fields medal we recommend the article The fields medal. Obverse The head represents Archimedes facing right. http://www.icm2002.org.cn/general/prize/fmedal.htm

What's ICM2002? ICM History What's IMU? ICM Prize Fields Medal Nevanlinna Previous Winners About CMS Mathematics In China ... Acknowledgment Fields Medal Prize At the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM, two gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement. Professor J. D. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor. Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each Congress. For more details about the origins of the Fields Medal we recommend the article: Henry S. Tropp, "

19. Fields Medal Prize Winners -- 1978 Scientifiques. Gave solution of the three Weil conjectures concerning generalizations of the Riemann hypothesis to finite fields. http://www.icm2002.org.cn/general/prize/medal/1978.htm

What's ICM2002? ICM History What's IMU? ICM Prize ... Acknowledgment Fields Medal Prize Winners (1978) born October 3, 1944, Brussels, Belgium Gave solution of the three Weil conjectures concerning generalizations of the Riemann hypothesis to finite fields. His work did much to unify algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. Charles Louis FEFFERMAN born April 18, 1949, Washington, D.C. Princeton University Contributed several innovations that revised the study of multidimensional complex analysis by finding correct generalizations of classical (low-dimensional) results. Gregori Aleksandrovitch MARGULIS born February 24, Moscow Moscow University Provided innovative analysis of the structure of Lie groups. His work belongs to combinatorics, differential geometry, ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and Lie groups. Daniel G. QUILLEN

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